20 kilometers off the coast of Viana do Castello, Portugal, is about to be the new home to the largest floating wind turbine in the world, an 8.4-megawatt (MW) ABS-classed offshore wind turbine. This is continental Europe’s first large-scale floating wind farm. A belief is that this renewable installation is ushering in the Golden Era of wind, especially offshore wind.
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has signed an agreement with Clemson University in South Carolina to test the world’s most powerful wind turbine, a 9.5 MW wind turbine, helping to elevate the United States as one of the world’s leading testing and research locations for offshore wind.
The new 252 MW Deutsche Bucht Offshore Wind Farm set to be developed in the German North Sea has hit two major milestones, with developer Northland Power reaching financial close, and MHI Vestas Offshore Wind being chosen to supply wind turbines.
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has unveiled the next iteration in its V164 wind turbine series, a 9.5 megawatt turbine that is larger than the giant London Eye ferris wheel.
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has unveiled its new 9 MW wind turbine which, in testing at the company’s Østerild broke the energy generation record over a 24 hour period.
DONG Energy has placed an order for 450 MW worth of 8-MW wind turbines with MHI Vestas Offshore Wind for the German Borkum Riffgrund 2 project.
The world’s most powerful turbines, Vestas’ V164-8.4 MW, are getting a workout already, with the final blades installed at the Burbo Bank Extension and the 8 MW behemoths chosen for 370 MW wind farm off the coast of Belgium.
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has confirmed this week that it will be supplying the 11 offshore wind turbines for the 92.4 MW European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre being developed off the coast of Scotland. Projects of this size normally don’t necessarily warrant individual coverage, given the sheer number of one- and … [continued]
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has been selected as the preferred wind turbine supplier for the 252 MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind project being developed in Germany by owner British Wind Energy. The news, announced in late September, states that MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, the offshore wind-oriented company created by Vestas Wind Systems A/S … [continued]
Swedish power company Vattenfall has announced the key suppliers for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, also known as the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm. The European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) is also the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, a project which will be made up of 11 wind turbines and have … [continued]
